Thanks all, this kit went wayyyyyyy smoother than that 104 did.
Rob the last pic will be great, thanks.
B1, very nice 106!
I love it.
Stunning 106 you made there mate!
@ mailwalker, welcome 
Theuns
Thanks Theuns
Ok gents, B1’s officially ON FIRE!! Added his awesome build to Wall. Great to see you sporting the badge!!
Welcome mailwalker, looking forward to some WIP.
A tiny bit of progress. I painted the wing fences red.
Rob, that 105 looks great. B-1, nice work on the Monogram classics. Liking the work on the Duece, Mach! Slowly getting everything together. I must have gotten a first or second run of this kit as it has wing fences on the leading edges rather than the slots. The kit fits surprisingly well for it’s generation. As boxed, it comes with markings for the Bicentennial " Freedom Bird" and I’m tempted to see if they’re any good after thirty plus years. Pics will probably be up tomorrow or the next day.
Thanks lewbud…it was a fun project. Good looking wing fences Mach, they stand out nice. Mine will be more red on the wingtips, but, red wing fences too. I managed to get the missile bay, landing gear and airbrakes done. Also got the black nose painted. Going to move on to the red paint on the wings, wing fences and vert stab. Oh, FINALLY got to use yellow zinc chromate!!! Love this colour in the landing gear bays, very different.
Nice color scheme, the red really pops. Got the seams where the fuselage and wings meet filled, should be sanded later this evening. Closed off the missile bay doors using the kit parts, going to take a LOT of putty to fill and make it smooth. Going to loose a lot of panel detail during sanding. Now I know why the guy on Britmodeler did a full re-scribe. Now I have to decide which markings I’m going to go with: the speed record(very colorful), the Bicentennial (if they’re any good), or a chase plane for the B-1 program.
That dart is looking gooooood!
Tks B1…lewbud, hopefully you choose the Bicentennial markings. They are striking and so unusual. My next 106 will hopefully be that one for sure.
Have to agree, the red does look so cool!
Theuns
Rob, your dagger is looking great. I really like your paint so far.
…just something sexy and deadly about those delta wings…lookin’ good guys!
Rob, I’m partial to the Bicentennial markings, I just don’t know if they are any good. The tanks had markings on them as well, maybe I’ll try them first. I never realized how huge this bird is. It will be the biggest plane on the lot when she’s done. Just waiting for some putty touch up on the missile bay to dry,and then she’ll be ready for primer.
Well lew, hope they work out.
Some painting WIP pics.
Realized I forgot to paint the inner fences red:
This pic tried to show the light oil wash weathering effect. Dunno if it can be seen well enough:
this was a masking challenge - the yellow frame of the canopy:
Little forest of AIM-4C Falcons:
Here’s the bitter/sweet part of these planes…all that work on the missiles, and, they are hidden inside!!!
This MENG F-102A Case XX is done. I really enjoyed MENG. A few issues: The FRONT landing wheel support was poorly molded so I had to glue the tire directly to the shaft of the support. It worked out, but, the wheel is crooked. If this was a plane to be judged, which it is not, I would have contacted them for a replacement part. The open canopy poses ok, but, it’s not ‘open’ enough. After the fact, I actually wished I had fixed it in place. BIG plus was the AM pitot tube: Air Master Series - this will become a staple for all my jets. Going to go back and get the proper one for the 105!! The final finish was decanted flat lacquer as I wanted it to have a ‘used’ look, but, not completely dull/flat. It has a slight sheen in the right light, so, I was happy with the final coat. Can’t say enough about Cartograph - excellent as usual. Anyway…done!!
Very cool! I like the barber pole pitot tube
Theuns